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Germs Totanus. 
Of this genus two species are all that have yet been discovered 
in Australia; of these I have regarded one as identical with the 
Totanus stagnatilis of Europe, and if this view be correct, then the 
range of the species will extend from Asia to Australia ; certain it 
is that I have seen specimens from all the intermediate countries 
which are strictly identical with the European bird. The second 
species is an inhabitant of the north coast, and is allied to the 
T. calidris. 
493. Totanus stagnatilis Yol. YI . PI. 37. 
4? 94. Totanus griseopygius, Gould .... Yol. VI. PI. 38. 
Genus Strepsilas. 
If any bird may be regarded as a Cosmopolite it is the Turnstone, 
for it inhabits the sea-shores of every part of the globe. 
495. Strepsilas Interpres Yol. YI. PI. 39. 
Genus Scolopax. 
If the slight difference which occurs in the Snipes from Port Es- 
sington on the north and from Van Diemen’s Land on the south be 
regarded as mere local variations, then only one species of this form 
exists in Australia. 
496. Scolopax Australis, Lath Yol. VI. PI. 40. 
Captain Sturt informs us that this Snipe is common in South 
Australia, but scarce in the interior of the country ; that it breeds 
in great numbers in the valley of Mypunga, but is only to be found 
in those localities where the ground is constantly soft. 
Genus Rhynch2ea. 
The few species comprised in this genus are widely dispersed over 
the face of the globe ; one inhabits the southernmost parts of Ame- 
rica, another South Africa, a third India, and a fourth Australia. 
They affect different situations from those resorted to by the true 
Snipes, usually selecting drier ground and knolls under low bushes 
contiguous to marshy lands, where they can readily procure food 
and water. 
497. Rhynchasa Australis, Gould Vol. VI. PI. 41. 
“ This beautiful bird,” says Captain Sturt, “ was very scarce in 
the interior, and indeed is not a common bird anywhere. Some 
three or four couples visit my residence at Grange yearly, and re- 
main in the high reeds at the bottom of the creek, among which they 
doubtless breed, but we never found one of their nests. They lay 
basking in the shade of a tree on the sand-hills during the day, and 
separate when alarmed.” 
Genus Numenius. 
Three species of this form are found in Australia, to which part 
of the globe they are confined, and wherein they represent the species 
